{"id":487079,"date":"2026-02-20T06:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487079\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T06:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:58:12","slug":"canadas-mom-right-there-give-her-tickets-to-everything-parents-of-olympic-gold-medalist-isabelle-weidemann-charm-the-internet-with-their-cheers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487079\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Canada&#8217;s mom right there! Give her tickets to everything!&#8217;: Parents of Olympic gold medalist Isabelle Weidemann charm the Internet with their cheers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Canada\u2019s women\u2019s team pursuit skaters powered to gold, Isabelle Weidemann\u2019s parents were doing their own endurance event in the stands \u2014 screaming themselves hoarse watching their daughter go for the gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A now-viral<a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DU7OGFtjRmh\/?igsh=c3JjZ291eDltYThi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram video;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Instagram video<\/a> shows the Olympic champion sitting on a sofa between her mom and dad, laughing as she watches her parents\u2019 excited reaction in real time. Her mom, waving a large Canadian flag with two miniature flags bobbing from her headpiece, waving wildly as her daughter and teammates surge past rivals to defend their Olympic title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI am so sorry,\u201d her mom says in the clip, her voice nearly gone. \u201cEveryone loves you,\u201d Weidemann reassures her, grinning. \u201cI\u2019m really surprised you can talk today. You\u2019re a Canadian icon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Weidemann is seen shaking from laughter as she watches her mom practically levitate in the stands while she crosses the finish line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The heartwarming exchange followed Canada\u2019s gold-medal performance Tuesday in the women\u2019s team pursuit, where Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Val\u00e9rie Maltais clocked 2:55.81 to defend the title they won at the 2022 Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Initially falling behind in the gold-medal race with the Netherlands, the Canadians got their engine warmed up and took the lead with two laps to go. They never looked back from there as the Dutch began to fade and Canada only grew stronger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Netherlands took silver while Japan earned bronze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trio also received a call from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose delighted reaction to their gold medal was caught on video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis is what I won this year,\u201d the PM joked, holding up a lawn bowling trophy. \u201cBut you guys? You nailed it,\u201d he added, beaming like a proud father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comeback victory capped a dominant showing for the Canadian trio, who outpaced both teams in the final laps before crossing the line in celebration. But it was the family reaction that is capturing the hearts of Canadians here on home soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The moment didn\u2019t just light up the Olympic oval, it had social media buzzing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans couldn\u2019t get enough of Weidemann\u2019s parents losing their voices in the stands, flooding the internet with comments like, \u201cCanada\u2019s mom right there!\u201d and \u201cI can\u2019t stop laughing, this is everything!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Instagram users loved the mix of laughter and heart of parents being proud of their daughter, celebrating not just her gold-medal win, but the pure, unfiltered joy of a family cheering their daughter across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One parent quipped this gave them permission to up the ante at their son&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann's gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @vanfrieken\/Instagram)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"246\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/daff2f60-0db3-11f1-bbff-69d9e4961f62.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann&#8217;s gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @vanfrieken\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another social media user dove into the comment section and shared it was her favourite parent moment from the entire Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann's gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @shellcald\/Instagram)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"202\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3f75b8b0-0db4-11f1-8bf6-31eaa9b6181b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann&#8217;s gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @shellcald\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This Canadian got right to the point. &#8220;Canada&#8217;s mom right there!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann's gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @authormeganmcspadden\/Instagram)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/795d7b80-0db4-11f1-bbe7-921b19e0d668.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann&#8217;s gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @authormeganmcspadden\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Canadian grocery giant even entered the chat saying the gold medalist&#8217;s parents deserve a medal.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann's gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @sobeys\/Instagram)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"205\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ae8f5760-0db4-11f1-971d-e129fb47c8ae.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram comment under Isabelle Weidemann&#8217;s gold medal win reaction video. (Image screen grab: @sobeys\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Weidemann\u2019s gold isn\u2019t just a win on the ice. It\u2019s the laughs, the screams and the flags waving like crazy behind her that make it unforgettable. This viral family moment shows that behind every medal there is pride, joy and a tiny bit of chaos, a perfect reminder of why we love the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Canada\u2019s women\u2019s team pursuit skaters powered to gold, Isabelle Weidemann\u2019s parents were doing their own endurance event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,196118,30126,42173,136181,196119,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-487079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-flag","11":"tag-gold-medal","12":"tag-instagram-video","13":"tag-isabelle-weidemann","14":"tag-mom-and-dad","15":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}